Thesaurus:serious
English
Adjective
Sense: without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition
Synonyms
- austere
- demure
- serious
- grave [⇒ thesaurus]
- earnest
- grievous
- lack-laughter
- thoughtful [⇒ thesaurus]
- sad [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
- sage [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
- saturnine
- sedate
- solemn
- solemncholy (jocular)
- sober [⇒ thesaurus]
- somber
- sombre
- staid
- stern [⇒ thesaurus]
- sweer (UK dialect)
- weightsome
- weighty (figurative)
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Further reading
- Wiktionary:Roget Thesaurus Classification
- Class V. Words Relating to the Voluntary Powers
- Division I. Individual Volition
- Section II. Prospective Volition
- 2. Subservience to Ends
- 1. Actual Subservience
- 642. “importance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- 1. Actual Subservience
- 2. Subservience to Ends
- Section II. Prospective Volition
- Division I. Individual Volition
- Class V. Words Relating to the Voluntary Powers
- “serious” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.